Westside Chronicles: Historic Stories of West Los Angeles

Los Angeles sprawled westward toward the sand and sea of Santa Monica Bay throughout the twentieth century as land-grant ranchos gave way to capitalists and promoters. Developers subdivided the coastal land into neighborhoods and communities: Santa Monica, Brentwood, Bel-Air, Westwood, Venice, Ocean Park, Pacific Palisades, Malibu and Marina del Rey. These became places known to the nation at large for movie stars, moguls and business tycoons;
for Will Rogers, Henry Huntington and UCLA; and for estate homes, amusement piers and surfing beaches. Join Jan Loomis, a former West L.A. magazine publisher and historian, as she tells the stories behind how it all came to be West Los Angeles.

Author: Jan Loomis

Publisher: History Press Library Editions

Publication Date: Oct 16, 2012

Number of Pages: 162 pages

Binding: Hardback or Cased Book

ISBN-10: 1540231690

ISBN-13: 9781540231697